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With the Australian Open behind us, we now get a weekend of team tennis on the men’s side with Davis Cup Qualifiers set to determine the Finals Group Stage field. As always, we here at LWOT will preview and predict every match. Who do you think will win? Davis Cup Predictions: Hungary vs France Zsombor […] READ MORE
Caroline Garcia’s brief stint as the World No. 4 was largely built on a phenomenal fortnight back in 2017, when she took WTA 1000 titles in Wuhan and Beijing back-to-back. Over just fourteen days, the Frenchwoman grabbed 10 wins, including three top 10 scalps (#2 Simona Halep, #3 Elina Svitolina, #9 Dominika Cibulkova). That was […] READ MORE
Tennis fans might not remember, but there was a time when Caroline Garcia was destined to be the next great player in women’s tennis. Andy Murray thought we were looking at a future world #1. We can’t blame him either, after Garcia’s dream run on the Chinese hard court swing in 2017. That run saw […] READ MORE
Alize Cornet is having quite the season in 2022. The French star made her first Grand Slam appearance at the French Open in 2005. 17 years later she made her first ever Grand Slam quarterfinal at the Australian Open in January. On Sunday she replicated the feat at Wimbledon, toppling world #1 Iga Swiatek […] READ MORE
Alize Cornet raised her hands in the air in almost disbelief as Iga Swiatek’s forehand fell into the net on match point. Cornet secured a 6-3 6-2 victory over the world #1, snapping a 37 match win streak that was the longest seen in the WTA in over 20 years. Cornet is known to be […] READ MORE
Gael Monfils has had an impressive start to the 2022 season. The Frenchman has seen the first few tournaments go really well. Gael Monfils impressive start to the season Monfils entered the first ATP event of the season in Adelaide. The Frenchman was the top seed in the event. Monfils drew Juan Manuel Cerúndolo in […] READ MORE
A sad realisation has dawned on me in the early months of this year. 2021 is the beginning of the end for Gael Monfils and the rest of the old French guard. All the signs are there. It started with Monfils breaking down in tears after his first round loss in the Australian Open. That […] READ MORE
French tennis, in particular men’s French tennis, has been a story of what ifs since the turn of the century. Players like Gael Monfils, Richard Gasquet and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga have shown great promise without ever pushing on and winning big tournaments on a consistent basis. The old guard are nearing the end of their careers now […] READ MORE
With the French Open meant to have taken place currently, Last Word on Tennis decided to fill the void by revisiting some famous matches at Roland Garros. Our second trip down memory lane is to the 1983 tournament when Yannick Noah became the first Frenchman to win his home Slam in 37 years. Background Noah […] READ MORE
Richard Gasquet was praised highly from the very beginning. His talent was so obvious that he was pictured on the front cover of French Tennis Magazine at the age of nine, unveiled as the next great hope of French tennis. Initially, he wore the burden of those expectations lightly, enjoying a phenomenal juniors career, in […] READ MORE
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